Author: Emily Carr
Publisher: Douglas & McIntyre Limited
ISBN: 9781550545784
Category : Authors, Canadian (English)
Languages : en
Pages : 893

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Author: Emily Carr
Publisher: D & M Publishers
ISBN: 1926706382
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 144

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Douglas & McIntyre is proud to announce definitive, completely redesigned editions of Emily Carr’s seven enduring classic books. These are beautifully crafted keepsake editions of the literary world of Emily Carr, each with an introduction by a distinguished Canadian writer or authority on Emily Carr and her work. Emily Carr’s first book, published in 1941, was titled Klee Wyck ("Laughing One"), in honour of the name that the Native people of the west coast gave to her. This collection of twenty-one word sketches about Native people describes her visits and travels as she painted their totem poles and villages. Vital and direct, aware and poignant, it is as well regarded today as when it was first published in 1941 to instant and wide acclaim, winning the Governor General’s Award for Non-fiction. In print ever since, it has been read and loved by several generations of Canadians, and has also been translated into French and Japanese. Kathryn Bridge, who, as an archivist, has long been well acquainted with the work of Emily Carr, has written an absorbing introduction that places Klee Wyck and Emily Carr in historical and literary context and provides interesting new information.

Author: Lisa Baldissera
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781487102326
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 128

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Emily Carr (1871--1945) is one of Canada's most beloved artists. An independent woman and a Westerner who gained prominence at a time when female painters were not recognized internationally, her life and work reflect a profound commitment to the land she knew and loved. Carr's sensitive evocations reveal an artist grappling with spiritual questions inspired by the Canadian sea, land, and people. Although more than half a century has passed since her death, any artist who engages with the West Coast must contend with her legacy. Her paintings continue to inspire generations of artists. Along with the Group of Seven, Carr became a leading figure in Canadian modern art in the early twentieth century. Emily Carr: Life & Work traces the artist's trajectory from her life in Victoria, where she struggled to receive acceptance, to her status as one of Canada's most influential painters. With insight and intelligence, author Lisa Baldissera explores how although during Carr's life she endured hardship, personal isolation, and rejection, she persevered to create an iconic vision for the nation. This book explores how Carr travelled extensively, learning from European, American, and Indigenous forms and receiving formal training at art academies as well as from private tutors. In doing so, she continued to grow in artistic power as a result of her own intense observation and of her vigorous experimentation with a variety of methods and media, reflecting the fusion of wide-ranging influences. Baldissera reveals why Carr's art remains relevant today and its legacy interests many contemporary West Coast artists.

Author: Emily Carr
Publisher: D & M Publishers
ISBN: 1926685962
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 450

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Emily Carr’s journals from 1927 to 1941 portray the happy, productive period when she was able to resume painting after dismal years of raising dogs and renting out rooms to pay the bills. These revealing entries convey her passionate connection with nature, her struggle to find her voice as a writer, and her vision and philosophy as a painter.

Author: Emily Carr
Publisher: D & M Publishers
ISBN: 1926685946
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 354

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This autobiography by Emily has been called "probably the finest... in a literary sense, ever written in Canada." Completed just before Emily Carr died in 1945, Growing Pains tells the story of Carr’s life, beginning with her girlhood in pioneer Victoria and going on to her training as an artist in San Francisco, England and France. Also here is the frustration she felt at the rejection of her art by Canadians, of the years of despair when she stopped painting. She had to earn a living, and did so by running a small apartment-house, and her painful years of landladying and more joyful times raising dogs for sale, claimed all her time and energy. Then, towards the end of her life, came unexpected vindication and triumph when the Group of Seven accepted her as one of them. Throughout, the book is informed with Carr’s passionatate love of and connection with nature. Carr is a natural storyteller whose writing is vivid and vital, informed by wit, nostalgic charm, an artist’s eye for description, a deep feeling for creatures and the foibles of humanity--all the things that made her previous books Klee Wyck and Book of Small so popular and critically acclaimed.

Author: Emily Carr
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781771000802
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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A smartly packaged, affordably priced collection of the works of a Canadian icon. Nearly seventy years after her death, Emily Carr's works continue to capture the grandeur of British Columbia's landscape and define our vision of the nation. The approximately one hundred works reproduced in this collection showcase the breadth of Carr's career, from early watercolours in Skidegate and Alert Bay on the northwest coast to charcoal sketches in mid-career to the stunning oils of trees, ravens, and mountains that characterized her later career. Beautifully designed, its small format and price ideal for giftbuyers and visitors to the province, this volume is a compendium of some of Carr's best and most memorable works.

Author: Emily Carr
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 162

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The Book of Small by Emily Carr is a captivating memoir that takes readers on a journey through the author's childhood and her deep connection with the natural world. Carr's vivid descriptions and evocative storytelling transport us to the rugged landscapes of British Columbia, where she finds solace and inspiration in the wilderness. The Book of Small is not only a personal account of Carr's experiences but also a reflection on the power of art and nature to shape our lives. With its lyrical prose and intimate revelations, Carr's memoir invites readers to discover the beauty and wonder that exist within and around us.

Author: Anne Newlands
Publisher: Willowdale, Ont. : Firefly Books
ISBN: 9781552090466
Category : Painters
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Grade level: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, e, i, s.

Author: Nicolas Debon
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780888998149
Category : Graphic novels
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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A biography of Canadian painter Emily Carr.

Author: Anne Collett
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 135018828X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 305

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Knitting together two fascinating but entirely distinct lives, this ingeniously structured braided biography tells the story of the lives and work of two women, each a cultural icon in her own country yet lesser known in the other's. Australian poet Judith Wright and Canadian painter Emily Carr broke new ground for female artists in the British colonies and influenced the political and social debates about environment and indigenous rights that have shaped Australia and Canada in the 21st century. In telling their story/ies, this book charts the battle for recognition of their modernist art and vision, pointing out significant moments of similarity in their lives and work. Although separated by thousands of miles, their experience of colonial modernity was startlingly analogous, as white settler women bent on forging artistic careers in a male-dominated world and sphere rigged against them. Through all this, though, their cultural importance endures; two remarkable women whose poetry and painting still speak to us today of their passionate belief in the transformative power of art.